﻿/****
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Nabil Abdel-Hafeez
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files probuff,
 * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
 * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
****/

namespace ProBuff
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This interface is implemented by every ProBuff message class.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IMessage
    {
        void setByTag(int fieldNumber, object value);
        object getByTag(int fieldNumber);
        int getFlags(int fielNumber);
        bool checkRequirements();
        ulong[] getExistingTags();
        int getTagCount();

    }
}
